Randall Lamont Rolle v. J.L. Edmondson

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Randall Lamont Rolle v. J.L. Edmondson, 443 F. App'x 511 (11th Cir. 2011)

Randall Lamont Rolle v. J.L. Edmondson

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

Randall Lamont Rolle appeals the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action for failure to state a claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Rolle argues the defendant judges and defendant prosecutor are not absolutely immune from suits for injunctive relief. After review, we affirm. 1

Federal judges enjoy absolute immunity from suits seeking injunctive relief. See Bolin v. Story, 225 F.3d 1234, 1242 (11th Cir. 2000). Prosecutors, however, are not protected by absolute immunity from claims for injunctive relief. To obtain in-junctive relief against a prosecutor, a plaintiff must establish (1) the violation of a right, (2) the existence of a serious risk of continuing irreparable injury from said violation if relief is not granted, and (3) no adequate remedy at law. Id.

Here, the district court did not err in finding absolute immunity protects the federal judges from Rolle’s suit for injunc-tive relief. Although the district court erred in finding the prosecutor absolutely immune, the error is harmless because an adequate remedy at law is available to Rolle for the relief sought: appeal of his underlying petition. Thus, the district court did not err in dismissing Rolle’s suit under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A.

AFFIRMED.

1

. We review de novo a district court’s sua sponte dismissal for failure to state a claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Boxer X v. Harris, 437 F.3d 1107, 1110 (11th Cir. 2006). Pro se pleadings are liberally construed and all allegations in the complaint are taken as true. Id.

Reference

Full Case Name
Randall Lamont ROLLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. L. EDMONDSON, Stephan P. Mickle, William C. Sherrill, Jr., Philip Wayne Edwards, Defendants-Appellees
Status
Unpublished